Expandi

What is Expandi

Expandi is a cloud-based LinkedIn outreach automation tool designed to help sales teams, agencies, recruiters, and growth hackers scale LinkedIn prospecting safely and effectively. The platform automates connection requests, follow-up messages, and multi-step outreach sequences while actively mimicking human-like behavior patterns — including randomized delays, daily sending limits, and smart throttling — to bypass LinkedIn's detection mechanisms and avoid account restrictions. Unlike browser-extension-based LinkedIn tools that require an active browser session, Expandi runs entirely in the cloud with a dedicated IP address per account, significantly reducing the risk of LinkedIn account bans.

Beyond LinkedIn automation, Expandi integrates with any email provider to enable true omnichannel outreach — combining LinkedIn connection requests, LinkedIn messages, LinkedIn InMails, profile visits, post engagement, and email follow-ups into unified multi-step campaign sequences. The platform supports 10+ campaign types and 7+ lead scraping methods, including Sales Navigator searches, LinkedIn group member scraping, event attendee scraping, post engagement scraping, and LinkedIn Recruiter list imports. Advanced personalization features include dynamic image and GIF personalization, custom variables, and campaign performance prioritization. Users can launch their first campaign in approximately 15 minutes and typically see initial results within 24 hours.

Expandi is not a full CRM, a B2B data provider, or a cold email-first tool — it is a LinkedIn-first outreach automation platform with integrated email sequencing capability. It does not include a built-in contact database (you bring your own lead lists from Sales Navigator, Apollo, or other sources), and it is not built for teams that rely exclusively on cold email without a LinkedIn motion. It is the strongest fit for outbound teams, agencies, and recruiters who want to scale LinkedIn outreach volume safely without risking account bans, and who want to layer email follow-ups alongside their LinkedIn sequences for higher reply rates.

How Expandi Works

Expandi operates as a cloud-based tool with a dedicated IP address assigned to each LinkedIn account — meaning it runs 24/7 without needing your browser or computer to be active. When you connect your LinkedIn account, Expandi begins warming it up gradually using LinkedIn warm-up functionality that simulates natural activity patterns before your campaigns go live. This warmup process, combined with smart daily outreach limits and randomized action timing, is the core of Expandi's "safety-first" positioning.

Campaign creation starts by importing a lead list — pulled from LinkedIn Sales Navigator search URLs, LinkedIn group member lists, event attendee lists, post engagement lists, or other sources using Expandi's 7+ built-in scraping methods. You then build a multi-step sequence that can combine LinkedIn connection requests, personalized messages, InMail outreach, profile views, post likes, and email follow-ups in any order and timing. Dynamic personalization tokens insert prospect-specific data into messages, and the platform supports image and GIF personalization using tools like Hyperise for visual differentiation. Campaigns can be prioritized by performance, and A/B testing across message variants is supported.

Key Features

Expandi delivers cloud-based LinkedIn automation with built-in safety mechanisms — combining LinkedIn + email sequences, advanced lead scraping, and personalization in one platform:

Who Should Use Expandi

Expandi is recommended for sales specialists, agencies, and growth hackers who want to automate and improve their LinkedIn and email outreach safely at scale.

Perfect For:

• Outbound sales teams scaling LinkedIn prospecting — teams that have a defined ICP and want to consistently send connection requests and follow-up messages to hundreds of prospects per week without manually managing each interaction. Expandi's cloud-based operation means campaigns run continuously without requiring a sales rep to have their browser open, and the safety mechanisms (warm-up, randomized timing, daily limits) significantly reduce the risk of account restrictions compared to browser-extension tools like Dux-Soup or older LinkedIn automation solutions
• Sales agencies managing multiple client LinkedIn accounts — Expandi's Custom plan (10+ seats) is specifically designed for agency use cases, offering white-label options, centralized account management, client-facing reports, role and permission controls, and a dedicated account manager. Agencies running LinkedIn outreach campaigns for 5–50+ clients simultaneously will find Expandi's multi-account management and reporting infrastructure significantly more capable than single-seat tools
• Recruiters and talent acquisition teams — LinkedIn is the primary sourcing channel for most B2B recruiting, and Expandi's automation capabilities apply directly to recruiting outreach: automated connection requests to candidates, personalized InMail sequences, follow-up messages to non-responders, and LinkedIn Recruiter list imports as lead sources. The platform's safety features are particularly valuable for recruiters whose LinkedIn accounts are critical professional assets they cannot afford to have restricted
• Growth hackers and startup founders running lean outbound — at $99/seat/mo with a 7-day free trial, Expandi is accessible for individual users and small teams who want to run sophisticated LinkedIn + email outreach without hiring SDRs or paying for more expensive multichannel platforms. The 15-minute campaign setup time and 24-hour time-to-results claim makes it accessible for non-technical users who need to generate pipeline quickly
• Teams that want to combine LinkedIn + email in one sequence — Expandi's integration with any email provider enables true multichannel sequences where LinkedIn interactions (connection, message, InMail) and email follow-ups are coordinated in a single campaign workflow. This is more effective than running LinkedIn and email as completely separate campaigns with separate tools, and Expandi handles the sequencing and timing automatically

How to Use Expandi

Sign up for the 7-day free trial at go.coldiq.com/expandi, connect your LinkedIn account, build your lead list using Expandi's scraping tools or import from Sales Navigator, create your campaign sequence, and launch — first results typically arrive within 24 hours.

Step-by-Step Process:

• Sign Up & Connect LinkedIn: Start the 7-day free trial at go.coldiq.com/expandi — no LinkedIn Premium required. Connect your LinkedIn account through Expandi's secure connection flow. Expandi will assign a dedicated IP address to your account and begin the LinkedIn warm-up process, which gradually increases activity levels over the first few days to establish a natural usage pattern before your first campaigns go live. If you're an agency, set up your team under the Custom plan with centralized account management and assign roles and permissions to team members or clients
• Build Your Lead List: Use Expandi's 7+ built-in scraping methods to generate your target lead list without leaving the platform. Options include: importing LinkedIn Sales Navigator search results (paste a Sales Navigator search URL), scraping LinkedIn group members, scraping event attendees, extracting users who engaged with specific LinkedIn posts (liked, commented, shared), importing LinkedIn Recruiter lists, or uploading a CSV of existing prospects. Choose the method that best matches where your target prospects are most active on LinkedIn
• Create Your Campaign: Select from 10+ campaign types including connection request campaigns, InMail campaigns, message campaigns for existing connections, group message campaigns, follow-up chains, and hybrid LinkedIn + email sequences. Build your multi-step sequence by adding actions in order — for example: profile view → connection request → follow-up message after 3 days → email after 5 days → InMail after 7 days. Write personalized message templates using dynamic variables (first name, company, job title, custom fields) and optionally add image or GIF personalization via Hyperise integration for visual differentiation
• Configure Safety Settings & Launch: Set your daily outreach limits within Expandi's recommended safe ranges (typically 20–50 connection requests per day depending on account age and warm-up status). Configure working hours to ensure Expandi only sends messages during business hours in your target timezone, further mimicking natural human behavior. Activate your campaign — Expandi runs everything in the cloud from this point, with no browser or computer activity required. Your first campaign results (connection acceptances, replies) typically appear within 24 hours
• Monitor & Optimize: Track performance through Expandi's analytics dashboard: connection acceptance rates, reply rates, campaign step performance, and A/B test results. Use campaign prioritization to automatically allocate more activity to higher-performing campaigns. Respond to replies directly in Expandi's inbox management view or in LinkedIn. For agencies, generate client-facing performance reports directly from the platform. Use Expandi's Academy, Blog, and Help Center for strategy guides and optimization tips — dedicated customer success managers are included on Custom plans

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Expandi starts at $99/seat/mo. Annual plan saves 20%. Custom pricing for teams with 10+ seats. 7-day free trial. →